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Toronto Sun
10 hours ago
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- Toronto Sun
Canadian TV ratings surge after thrilling start to Oilers-Panthers Stanley Cup final
Combined, the two opening games mark a healthy increase of 14% over the 2024 Cup final contested between the same two teams. Get the latest from Rob Longley straight to your inbox Connor McDavid #97 and Evander Kane #91 of the Edmonton Oilers celebrate their overtime win over the Florida Panthers in Game One of the 2025 Stanley Cup Final at Rogers Place on June 04, 2025 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Photo by Bruce Bennett / Getty Images With apologies to diehard Flames fans down province in Calgary and loyalists of the eliminated Maple Leafs, it appears that hockey fans from coast-to-coast are embracing the Edmonton Oilers as Canada's team. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Games 1 and 2 of the wildly entertaining best-of-seven series between the Oilers and Florida Panthers drew huge ratings on Sportsnet and CBC. The opener, won 4-3 in overtime by the Oilers last Wednesday, drew an average audience of four million viewers while Game 2, won 5-4 in double overtime by the Panthers two nights later, brought in 4.2 million. Combined, the two opening games mark a healthy increase of 14% over the 2024 Cup final contested between the same two teams. Of note, those two big numbers came despite the ridiculous schedule for the final, one that had almost a week off between rounds to dull momentum. As well, with games played on Wednesday and Friday, the opening salvos for a repeat of last year's combatants was without the ratings bonanza slot of Hockey Night In Canada 's traditional Saturday night home. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Making up for it, of course, was the wildly entertaining action of both games, with lead changes and plenty of scoring from both teams. As usual, the NHL will mercilessly drag out the schedule with two off days between Game 2 and Monday's Game 3 and another two days of before Thursday's Game 4. Read More Meanwhile, the big Canadian audiences are in sharp contrast to what is happening with TNT south of the border. According to reports, the Game 1 audience in the U.S. was just 2.42 million viewers, a plunge of 22% from last year and the lowest Game 1 rating for the final (not including the COVID-affected 2020 and 2021 versions) since 2008. A year ago, with all seven games on ABC — which offers much better reach — an average of 4.17 viewers tuned in over the seven games. Olympics World Toronto Blue Jays Columnists Celebrity
Edmonton Journal
10 hours ago
- Sport
- Edmonton Journal
Canadian TV ratings surge after thrilling start to Oilers-Panthers Stanley Cup final
Article content Combined, the two opening games mark a healthy increase of 14% over the 2024 Cup final contested between the same two teams. Of note, those two big numbers came despite the ridiculous schedule for the final, one that had almost a week off between rounds to dull momentum. As well, with games played on Wednesday and Friday, the opening salvos for a repeat of last year's combatants was without the ratings bonanza slot of Hockey Night In Canada 's traditional Saturday night home. Making up for it, of course, was the wildly entertaining action of both games, with lead changes and plenty of scoring from both teams. As usual, the NHL will mercilessly drag out the schedule with two off days between Game 2 and Monday's Game 3 and another two days of before Thursday's Game 4. Meanwhile, the big Canadian audiences are in sharp contrast to what is happening with TNT south of the border. According to reports, the Game 1 audience in the U.S. was just 2.42 million viewers, a plunge of 22% from last year and the lowest Game 1 rating for the final (not including the COVID-affected 2020 and 2021 versions) since 2008. A year ago, with all seven games on ABC — which offers much better reach — an average of 4.17 viewers tuned in over the seven games.
Toronto Sun
03-05-2025
- Sport
- Toronto Sun
Panthers-turned-Leafs draw playoff battle lines against old friends
Florida Panthers head coach Paul Maurice, rear, reacts during the third period against the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 3 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series, Saturday, April 26, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla. Photo by Rhona Wise / AP Photo Before the Round Two shooting starts, one final military salute between the Florida Panthers and the three Stanley Cup brethren now wearing blue. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account 'Good for all of them,' coach Paul Maurice told media in Sunrise this week of Anthony Stolarz, Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Steve Lorentz. '(OEL) had established his career long before he came to us, but the other two men are at a new level, a new opportunity with Toronto and they've made the most of it. 'That story (the 2024 Cup chase, which included a seven-game final) endures in our locker room. They were a big part of it. (Now) their input to the success of the Leafs is pretty important.' Panthers' goalie Sergei Bobrovsky faces his former understudy Stolarz, who finished with one of the NHL's best regular-season save percentages as part of a new duo with Joseph Woll and was tied with 'Bob' at .901 in the top 10 of post-season goalies on Saturday. 'We had the good relationship, the good partnership, it's true,' Bobrovsky said. 'In our business it happens a lot (changing colours), you play with guys, then against them. Look at Brad Marchand (a bitter Boston rival until the trade deadline). You never thought you'd play against him. And now we compete together for our Cup dreams.' Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. This is stage two of cord-cutting for Lorentz, starting with four regular season meetings after he earned a one-year deal with the Leafs under a professional tryout contract. On a deep Florida team, he saw just 16 of their 24 post-season games, watching the clincher over Edmonton in street clothes. But Lorentz would not hear a discouraging word about life under Maurice. 'Very intelligent man, I learned to be a full-time NHLer,' he said Saturday. 'It took time, I was scratched early in the season. But he didn't tell me what I wanted to hear, he told me what I needed to hear, that 'you won't be the guy who tries to score a hat trick after being out of the lineup a few games. just be consistent, finish your hits, try and turn pucks over.' 'That's why I've been successful this season.' With the Leafs, the fourth-line winger is all in, 86 games so far, counting six in playoffs in defeating Ottawa. He's rarely spoken to ex-mates this season. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'Incredible what we accomplished there last year, but it's the past and we're all chasing the same goal again. There won't be any friendships going forward. We know what that team brings and what we have to do to stump that. 'It's going to be a war. When you're chasing the Cup, when this thing is on the line, everything goes out the window. Do whatever you can to help your team hoist it. 'I don't expect them to take it easy on me. There will be a lot of physical play and running around. But I'm at the best of my game when it's more physical. Depth players come through in playoffs and get more recognized, such as Scott Laughton when he lays his body on the line with that huge shot block (to help clinch the Ottawa series).' Toronto coach Craig Berube naturally quizzed Lorentz, Ekman-Larsson and Stolarz for intel on the Panthers during the regular season match-ups and dug a little deeper the past few days. 'I've had discussions with them,' Berube confirmed. 'There are things you might not know. It's more mindset stuff for me, being in the locker room with them, being around their organization and their team.' Lhornby@ X: @sunhornby Sunshine Girls Toronto & GTA Columnists Canada Toronto & GTA
